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il lal well ulijllcl l f d lolllildll vol x thibd semes salisbury h c march 27 1879 no 23 kur i in watcuman to paul jones jr if roller lear alone is left i tale h l â– *" m oppressed "\- through the public rhit**to ask tlie hi her sex to share his task ul i'.iiili jones you ni iy be wrong you've only guenaed i may have song of merry mate to cheer my home - i in iv be bride or may lie groom i*(1 ..:â€¢â€¢<â€¢ vou e:u to doubt my sex : willi tli.u's eiiou_.li lhe maids to vex poi-sooth nol rti-niige,thal yotiveno Â« ile voii've courted i 8 all thro oui lite i;v nai lire's law whieh is divine \ nia a may how al cupiii's sin im take vows ami lio.v ai hymen's too tu scoff that m in you feign to do to yon lie grapes nre sour indeed sinre to liiai shriue yon none can had : ',/..' sanguine phut it tre failed you ou'u live uloueand tlie thnn too it i.l i'r iiy calling the angels is mai kkt 1 i'll n '.. i wc mean to ilo it sonic day rome day j we nn ii i slacken i iii level i*d rush tlml i vveai ing our ven souls away ami i a i:l to onr goaded hearts a inisli j tlml ie iml.n enough to hi ihem hear hie footsteps of angels drawing near ii we mean to do it < ih never doubt when the burden ofduytimcdroil isovr we'll sii ami noise while the stars conic mil as the 1'atsiareli sal at the open tloor of li lent with a heaven wurdgazingeye to watch i'or the angels passing by lii vr seen them afar at high noontide winn liereely the world's ho flashings im.it : vet iievei have hidden them turn aside and t.ut awhile ni converse sweet ; n'or pravetl them to hallow the cheer we r|ireail to ih ink ol our wiue and break oui read iv we ].: nnii â– 1 our heai is that when t he stress 01 the life-work reaches ihe longed-foi ehise when tin weight that we groau with 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 e rs i we'll loosen uur thoughts to such r pose a liaiiishcs care's disturbing din ami tin i h e will call i he angels iu v the hit thai we dreamed of comes at lenj-tli when tired of every mocking quest ami l.r n ii spii il anil shorn uf strength we ilr . .. hided al the 1 ior of rest ami u i and watch as the day wanes on : iini the angels wc meant lo call are gone ! 9t'â€”r â– â€” a -* ;:â€¢ n a-^a-ia jesus ( ihrist hail a mean cradle j humble lodging-places am a weary life bul what prince ever had visi tors guided to his presence under the light uf such a chandelier as that mystic star ! he hail not the magnif icent equipage that other kings have but lie made the dumb proclaim his praies the blind behold his glory the lame to leap in joyous errands to do his will ami the deaf to hear the music of sal vatian the very dead heard the sound of his voiee ami came forth at his call the winds ami waves obeyed his will lie did uot walk on carpets that human hands had woven ; hut he trod the glassy billows ofthe sea a.s on the solid ground he carried no purse but when caesar must be honored a fish oftlie wave brings the exact coin he needs he had no barns nor stores nor fields of corn ; but when a multi tude of people were hungry and far from home he created bread enough with and^o spare there was no hearse sable plumes when jesus was a copse ; hut the chariot ofthe sun was shadow ed by a pall which swept the breadth of judea no man ever lived like this man ; uo man ever spake like jesus christ who died for our sins and who liveth again to ma he inter cession for us at god's right hand mtutoilisi recorder a.bt op swimming â€” men are drowned by raising their arms above water the uubuoyed weight of which depresses the head other animals avt neither the notion nor ability to act in a similar manner aad therefore fvvim naturally when a man falls to deep water he will rise to the surface and will continue there if he dÂ°es not elevate his hands if he loves his l,..11 um]c,r il,e water in a'iy way he pleases his head will rise 80 high as to allow him free liberty to breathe and if he will use his legs a in the act of walking or rather of talking up-stairs his shoulders will rise above the water so that he may use the less exertion with his hands r apply them to other purposes these plain directions are recommend ed to the recollection of those who have not learned to swim in their youth as they may be found highly advan tageous in preserving life Â« a very natural mistake a young man from one of tiie back towns came in to buy a present for his girl last week his wandering gaze being fixed by the gorgeous dis play in a dry gnosis window he en tered tin store and bashfully stopped in front ofa pretty young lady behind t he counter how much are those he inquir ed pointing at a pair of handsomely plated uickle garters in the window seventy-five cents replied the young holy sweetly handing out the articles in question and blushing slightly i think icy are kinder pretty n hi i you inquired the 3*ouu man anxious lur somebody else's opinion very replied the young miss ; thev are the latest style fj_.ver li.i.ip wears them don't ihey eon iiiued i he young man almost ever in dy said lhe young lady affecting un une ncerned air i was goin to get them for a gal tuat i know said the young man somewhat uervously do you think she would like them ?' i should think she might â€” i don't know returned the young lady blushing again well i don't hardly know my self said the young man picking up one of the dainty articles ami exam ining it closely you don't suppose ihey are too large new do you ?' why â€” i â€” v stammered thetyoung lady the blush growing deeper they seem sorter big like contin ued the young man not observing her confusion but of course i wouldn't tie certain she's middliu size bul not very fat and mebbe these would he a liltle too loose i should think she was just about your bigness aud if ihese would lit you ol course they'd it her now just suppose you try tli i mi ami if ' sii exclaimed the young lady be hind the counter in tunes that lifted i i young man's hat on the end of his hair you are insulting and she swept away to the rear of the store having the bewildered young man standing in dumb amazement hold ing in ids hands what he supposed was a beautiful pair of bracelets aud whori one of the men clerks came and explained his mistake tiie young man from the back town struck a direct line for his team and in a ve ry brief space of time was tearing to ward home at a rate tha threatened to irretrievably ruin the old family horse he won't buy any bracelets now until he's married â€” -.Â«.->- â€” when thomas jefferson was min ister to france john adams then minister to england called him to london by private letter to consult upon the terms of treaties with portu gal and algiers willian s smith then secretary to the london lega tion and afterwards husband of the ouly daughter of john adams carri ed the letter to jefferson who in com pany with mr smith praceeded to london where they met richard pe ters a well-known puhlic man of that time ou the evening of saturday march 25 178 they had it seems been invited to dine with mr adams hut were led into dolly's chop-house famous for its good cheer while there a rhyme was written by one of the three â€” by mr peters it is believ ed â€” and after being signed by each of them was addressed to mr adams it is as ful lows : march 26 1786 i past j â€” l>oll '.-."' oiie among our many tollies was calling in t'm breaks at dolly's whereby we'velosl and feel like sinners tliat wc have missed much better limners nor ilo we think thai ns tis liaiil on most hitnilily thus to beg your pardon ami promise that another time we'll give onr reasons not our rhyme so we've agreed oui neui con vote is that ive thus jointly give you notice for as our rule is to be clever we lmld it better late than never the original of this production isiif the possesion of mr charles bruff.of brooklyn col 1 a alston a member of the georgia legislature was killed in atlan ta at the state treasurer's ollice on tuesday last by cap e s cox the quarrel originated about business matters capt cox had threatened alston and when the two met both drew pistols alston tiring three tinii s and cox twice alston was shot through the head and tlied soon alter â€” cox was shot in the mouth and arm but not seriously study to entertain many people seem to think that the capacity to entertain people ami to be entertained comes naturally ; tliat cer tain ones can make people happy be cause they are gifted ami have extra ordinary endowments whieh make it possible for them to delight people it never beenis to occur to them that in order to entertain people one must give thought to it ; that people are not made happy without effort â€” wisely directed effort our observation leads us to think that half at least of the good com panionship of the world comes from the good forethought of somebody s ebotly has planned it the hap py occurrence was not an accident ; it was tiie result of premeditation ml tin little and sweet social surprises of life ail the little dotnestic secrets be tween children and parents which in their unfolding brim the household witli gladness ; ail the larger and more stately social festivities that keep the life oi a neighborhood and village -*> i buoyant are only the natural sequence of benevolent and good-natured thought on the part of some one have you invited a little company to your house of an evening friend ? well then how do you jiropo.se to entertain them '.' do you think that sliced tonuge and cscaloped oysters will suffice these do well for tlie physical condition hut how shall you feed the intellects and cheer tho spir its of your guests ? music yes if â€¢ they can sing lint perhaps of the â€¢ dozen yon have invited not over one or two have voices sufficiently culti â€¢ j vated to sing in puhlic games ex ' i eel lent few of us that don't like to i 'â– . play games â€” checkers chess whist anything that's light sprightly aud entertaining have you any pictorial hooks in your library or abdtit the j house if so be sure to place them j on tl.e centre table we've known | a single volume furnish delightful en i lertaiiimeiit to a whole group for an hour have you a chinese top i : not purchase one it may cost von twenty cents and we'll warrant that the firsi evening after vou tret it il you be rightly constructed morrally you will want uo other entertainment than you will get out of spinning it yourself do you say pshaw ! lops are for boys ! ' all right ; why not be a hoy occasionally try it and see how you like it we dare say you have been a man so long you have for gotten all ahout being a boy how long is it since you slid down hill twenty years wc are ashamed of you ! get a sled and try it to-morrow night what a time you will have we wish we could he with you â€” golden hide magazine for january jeolian harp â€” this instrument which gives forth such sweet music should he placed in the window of every man's house its mutterings will do more to harmonize the soul than any other thing that can be de vised the teolian harp consists of a long narrow box of very thin deal ahout five or six inches deep with a circle in the middle of the upper side of one and a half inches in diameter iu which is to he drilled small holes on this side seven ten or more strings of very fine gut are stretched over bridges at each end like tin bridge ofa fiddle and screwed up or relaxed with screw-pins the strings must all he tuned to one and the same note and the instrument placed in s une current of air where the wind can pass over strings with freedom for instance a window of which the width is exactly equal to the length of the harp with the sash just raised to give the air admission is a proper sit uation ; when the air blows upon these strings with different degrees offeree it will excite different tones of sound scientific american race troubles tn alabama â€” montgomery march 17 â€” there was a disturbaee at helena yesterday growing out ofa difficulty between a white man and a negro it assumed such proprrtions that the governor ordered the birmingham rifles to the scene everything is now quiet and no further trouble is apprehended helena is the principal caal mining point in this state a jardaeiis for ten francs tlie other day an officer with mus taches who had just alighted fiom the diligence was walking through a public street in brussels following the commissionaire who had taken charge of his baggage to the inn when he passed by a broker's shop where an old picture was exposed to view on a chair it was the object of remark to several by-standers amongst whom was a painter of some celebrity in the city it is a bad copy said the painter it is a mere daub said another connoisseur ; and everv one found some additional defect in the painting which seemed to be despised by all the officer gave a cursory glance at the picture walked into the shop and demanded the price not less than ten francs said the broker here they are the picture was bonght placed witli the othcr*baggagc on tl.e truck of the commissionaire ami the traveler moved on the am ateurs who had found such fault with tiie performance surprised at seeing a traveler burden himself with an ob ject of suoh large dimensions and of so little value inquired of him ironic ally how much he expected to gain by liis b;irgain a mere trifle gen tlemen replied the officer ; perhaps 15,000 francs how do you mean yes i mean 15,000 francs my con noisseurs f.r this picture which you think so lightly of isa real jordeans and one of his very finest performan ces the painter and his companions struck by tlie coi fidence of his man ner retired with evident signs of vex ation .;; having missed such an oppor tunity the traveler was captain g , ofthe cuirassiers not only a distinguished officer but an excellent judge of paintings on the following day the merit ofthe picture was for mally acknowledge hy the best ama teurs ofthe capital as a chef <_' ceuvre of jordeans it contains eight figures grouped as it were by magic and the ! eads are so beautiful that they defy ai competition ten thousand francs have already been offered to captain g , ami refused â€” from uric-a jjarc scries seeing it in a large city a laboring man leaving a large saloon saw a costly carriage and pair standing in front occupied by two ladies elegantly at tired conversing with the proprietor as it rolled away he said to the deal er : whose establishment is that it is mine replied the dealer com placently it cost 3,500 my wife and daughter cannot do without it the mechanic bowed his head a moment in deep thought and look ing uj said with the energy ofa man suddenly aroused by some startling hash i see it i i see !' see what querred the dealer see where for years my wages have gone i helped pay for the carriage for those horses and gold-mounted harness for the silks and laces and jewelry for your family the money i earned that should have given my wif and children a house of our own am good clothing i have spent at your bar â€” my wages and other like mine have supported you and you your wife in luxury â€” hereafter my wife and children shall have the benefit of my wages and by the help of god i will never speud another cent for drink i see the mistake and a cure for it irish world a lone musician fiddled home sweet home so sweetly on the street corner that a stranger three blocks away was affected to tears when he was asked why he wept and if the dear old tunc stirred tender memo ries in his heart he mournfully re plied : you bet ifyou were sole proprietor of a red headed woman with a diagonal eye who could make nine bulleyes with a stove lid out of a possible ten and whose best argu ment is a mop-rag perhaps the dear old tune would stir you in the same way young man you lack exper ience venture not to the utmost bounds of even lawful pleasures the limits of good and evil join ' the conflict of jurisdiction in virginia a deputy united states marshal on friday last arrested judge j d coles j of the countv court of pittsylvania couuty va judge coles is one of the five judges recently indicted in the united states district court for j failure to place colored men on juries jthe arrested judge informed the mar jshal that he would offer neither bail nor personal recognizance but at the same time would offer no resistance and was his prisoner ready to be dealt with as such the marshal then said he would not imprison the judge but would hold him as his prisoner al lowing him the freedom oftlie coun ty tiie judge immediately signed an application which had been already prepared to chief justic waite of the united states supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus and forward ed it to attorney general fields at richmond judge hives telegraph ed to danville on friday expressing great surprise that the marshal should have been so hasty in serving the war rant the supreme court ofthe united states in answer to a petition from the counsel for the state of virginia iias issued a rule requiring judge pivcs to appear before it on the 31st day of march to show cause whv a writ of mandamus should not issue commanding him to cause to be de livered to the jailor of patrick coun ty va the bodies of bur well and lee reynols colored men about whom the dispute between judge rives and the state authorities has grown the xew orleans papers arc just now indulging in some very timely comments upon the daily murders that have disgraced that city hiring the past i'nw weeks and they unite in calling uoon the legislature to pass severe the 1 a ws a ga i u s t carrying weapons and upon the courts to enforce them with the utmost rigor and bring all murderers to justice it is a move in the right direction life is held at too little value in all parts ofthe country and if we would not admit that our form of govern ment is a falure and is wanting in power to enforce the laws and pro tect life and property we should see that there is less killing and more hanging the school bill the raleigh xetcs states that in the hurry of the last day ofthe session of the general assembly the act to revise and con solidate the public school laws failed to receive the signature of the presi dent ol the senate and the speaker of the house in consequence thereof it is not a law the presiding officers cannot sign a bill except when their respective houses are in session hence we will knock along for two years more under the old school system though much complaint i.s made of the corruption among politicians is it not true that as a rule the rep resentative is a fit exponent not on ly of the opinions but ofthe moral status ofthe people who vote for him the average representative will com pare favorably with the average con stituent the stream is neither bet ter nor worsethan the fountain â€” nash villc advocate an infidel lecturer once gave op portunity for any one in the audience to ask questions a plain woman rose and said : sir allow me to ask wiiat has your belief done for you v mv belief has saved my husband from a drunkard's grave and made ine a happy woman ; what has your beliei done for you ?" if a civil word or two will ren lei a man happy he must be wrentched indeed who will not give them to liira â€” such a disposition in like light ing another man's candle by one's own which loses none of its brillian cy by what the other gains a painter apprentice fell off a scaf fold with a pot of paint in each hand he was taken up insensible but as soon as he was restored to conscious ness he murmured : i went down in flying colors anyhow irving said of a conceited man that whenever he walked towards the west he expected the east to tip up southern young gentlemen the louisville presbyterian in an ar ticle ou the extravagance ofthe day says may tilings of equal pertinency to the nortlv-ta to the south and the type of fashionable young men her decribed is qaite a.s common iii new york as in ken tacky : the social revolution resulting from the war having turned up the wo 7 -*.*,,, \* au unhappy word to revive money beenis t have taken the precedence of intelligence and refinement in fashionable society and availing itself of the pre vailing poverty to make itself more eon spi.-nous wealth attempts to clothe fashionable society with a degree of ex travagance that hall exclude all but the favored few this movement would ex cite only derision and digust were it not for the foolish ambition of weak fathers and mothers who oppose they must ape the rich or their daughters must lose their standing among society people.1 hence an amount of money is lavished on the dress of laughters that twenty years ago would have supported tlie household speedily comes financial pressure then *-' promise with creditors or attcr bank ruptcy but the more injurious effects of this extravagance of society people1 are on young men naturally ambitious to be among the ton in society they must main tain their position at every cost the pressure of the times compels them to work for salaries varying from five to fifteen dollars per week in tlie season1 they must attend the society club,1 the gei-man,1 the party the hall the opera the theatre if the young man expects to continue iu good standing among societv people,1 he must escort a young lady providing a hack at five dollars out of his little salary of ten dollars to haul her and her immense bale of millinery to ami from her place ami another dollar to provide a ticket of admission if it ik to concert opera or theatre this with tlie cos of white kids and extras to adorn his person for the occasion absorbs tlie re mainder of his little salary and haves his landlady aud washer woman unpaid then the tear of digracc urges him into every kind of desperate ineaus to get out of his financial difficulties what won der is it that day by day we have ac count of peculations embezzlements and ! thievery of every soil !" tur lii.ii engine the engine invented by mr w j f kiddell of this city is about to supersede in a great measure all others mr liddcll has been working on tl.e engine improving ir during the past year and having brought it to a degree of perfection whieli would insure it a rapid sale he associa ted with himself cap das f johnston of this city and the two have set about to make arrangements for constructing the machines several manufacturers of ma chinery have visited the city for the pur pose of seeing it in operation and all pronounce it a decided success its chief merit being its cheapness because of the wonderful power of which a small en gine is capable several weeks ago mr liddell started north to exhibit tiie en gine to the larger iron works in that locality with a view to propositions for manufacturing it letters from bim to his partner capt johnston in this city show that at every place he visited liber al offers were made him he has succeeded iu making a satisfactory arrangement with mr x il cushing in jersey city who is the sole proprietor ofa mammoth machine establishment the arrangement with this gentleman is that he shall have exclusive sale of their engines all north of the virginia line and from the atlan tic to the pacific ocean also in europe south america and mexico and they lid dell s johnston have reserved for them selves the southern states their head quarters will he in charlotte x c where they will have a full supply ofall sizes of engines c in a short time mr liddell was the founder and for many years the owner of the erie city iron works he has had the widest ex perience in his business and ifassucct â€” fid as his friends anticipate he will he will contribute largely to the material prosperity oftlie country â€” char ob pea vines as a fertilizer our great reliance for restoring and increasing the fer tility oftlie soil must bu in the growing of renovating crops with special referi a â€¢â€¢ '.. hut object for this pup t com mon cow-pea is most convenient and lir*-t adapted to the purpose several corres pondents testify to the most satisfai tory rc sults from turning under luxuriant crops of pea-vines of the speckled pea and â€¢ >â€¢!,â€¢:â– early varieties two crops mat be r.i\sii in one season ii i claimed l.y high it;*]i<>ri ty tliat it is not necessary m tur under the vines but after tbe crop of-rije peas is gathered the vines may be allowed to die and decay on the surface witli equal fid vantage as if plowed under thus avoiding the injury to the soil which results from ex posing it by plowing to tin heat i sum mer farmers are advised :â€¢> make exper iments aad report resalts during the past year 1,132 persons from one cause or another wen killed in the united states charlotte has a population of 7,107 distress in berlin probably in o city i europe is there so much financial and nd listjvss u day as m berlin the nj!]u.,ls vhk germany extracted from france after the war ami its becoming tbe *-_,Â«_â– _ capital would it was though yu-atlv benefit the city â– bat just the eentian baa happened things see fa w -^ gh years steadily to have grown from had to worse apart from the number of unemployed person there-emimated at 40,000-bundtedsand hundreds of men have been ruined by speculation and there is more or less suffering among all classes a ell educated citizen who be fore the war had incomes of tÂ»,cwo to 90,000 marks who fared sumptuouslv and were among the envied of society are now impoverished and compelled te arn a pittance by acting m ],...â– conv i>ts prie-a uf living have rapidly increased and berlin is new one of the moot expensive and least satisfactory of the old woi hi capitals thu is partly owing to the great increaseof population and the difficulty of getting bouses on anything like reasonable rates there are now it is reported more than l,(hju 000 souls in the city-an augmentation since l-71 of 900,000 and since 1861 of 550,000 on account of the enormous rents vast numbers have been driven to al.ide under ground fully one-tenth of the entire population or 100,000 wing crowded together in cellars in a way that is most hurtful to them physically and morally the condition of things judg ing from private letters is very pamfal and deteriorating ratlin than improving and distress is prevalent frenchmen who want their revenge should study the present social status of berlin new i ark times a toiisrh story -*. panl i r pr as george tarr an illinois detective was mopping at a st par hotel over night haying just overhauled iw desperate murderers tarr dreamed that one of his prisoners had escaped and that he was chasing the fugitive and awoke to tind that he had jumped through the window of his room taking the sash with him and had fallen toa projecting roof several f.et below realizing hi strange posi tion and dress tarr impulsively con cluded to climb np tin si<l of the house to hi.s room gripping tlie corner wiih ne hand and clawing the outside boards with the other and making a free use of his toe nails he actually bocceedcd in climbing up the wall like a seared cat and entered his room without awakening any of the people about the hotel ho loosened tlie nails on his ban and feet however leaving traces of the blood be lost on the side ofthe building and about his room which establish his story that he really made the wonderful ascent bloodshed in x isissippi vicksbcbo hatch lit a shooting af fair occored last night between captain w f fitzgerald on one side and w l an drews and w l recne on the otlier an drews an.l greene were killed almost instan ly and fitzgerald dangerously wounded the difficulty originated about the hiber nian meeting on mom lay night at which andrew was elected presedent fitzger ald claimed still to be presedent of the hi bernian society and denounced the election of andrews a a fraud greene objected to fitzgerald remarks and tfareated to drew a weapon but fitzgerald drew first ar.d shot greene through tbe heart andrews then shot fitzgerald who in turn shot andrews the ball piercing andrews skull at the top oftlie forehead all were well known citi zens andrews wa the head ofthe firm of andrews a bro and was president of the howard association after mr rockwood*s death la*-t summer fitzgerald is p promi nent lawyer and was once a republican state district attorney an 1'ni si a cask mr southall tells of rather an unusual case that happened over in franklin last week mr win person had as his tenants some women who were the daughter ofthe late jerry williams their time having expired ho notified them to leave whieh bey de clined doing he attempted to eject them when a melee ensued and mr p was severely scalded with boiling red pepper tea prepared for the purpose and shot at with a pistol the ball grazing his abdomen his wounds are said to bo severe â€” warrenton galetts when congress was in session on snn day tbe 2d of march violating the holy sabbath by trying to transact all the business possible before the 4th adjourn ment day an old man in the ialbry of the house startled the members by cry ing out : lhe wicked shall be east into hell and all the nations that forget god you aro dishonoring oil to-day and may he for give you for it the rebuke had but little effect,*for the old gentleman was ordered out and business proceeded â€” liar democrat coroner alexander tells about a baby born in sharon township whieli has now living two grand fathers two greatr graud-tathers two grand-mothers and two great-g.a.id-iiiothei whieli he says is a very uusual occurrence char ol

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il lal well ulijllcl l f d lolllildll vol x thibd semes salisbury h c march 27 1879 no 23 kur i in watcuman to paul jones jr if roller lear alone is left i tale h l â– *" m oppressed "\- through the public rhit**to ask tlie hi her sex to share his task ul i'.iiili jones you ni iy be wrong you've only guenaed i may have song of merry mate to cheer my home - i in iv be bride or may lie groom i*(1 ..:â€¢â€¢- â€” when thomas jefferson was min ister to france john adams then minister to england called him to london by private letter to consult upon the terms of treaties with portu gal and algiers willian s smith then secretary to the london lega tion and afterwards husband of the ouly daughter of john adams carri ed the letter to jefferson who in com pany with mr smith praceeded to london where they met richard pe ters a well-known puhlic man of that time ou the evening of saturday march 25 178 they had it seems been invited to dine with mr adams hut were led into dolly's chop-house famous for its good cheer while there a rhyme was written by one of the three â€” by mr peters it is believ ed â€” and after being signed by each of them was addressed to mr adams it is as ful lows : march 26 1786 i past j â€” l>oll '.-."' oiie among our many tollies was calling in t'm breaks at dolly's whereby we'velosl and feel like sinners tliat wc have missed much better limners nor ilo we think thai ns tis liaiil on most hitnilily thus to beg your pardon ami promise that another time we'll give onr reasons not our rhyme so we've agreed oui neui con vote is that ive thus jointly give you notice for as our rule is to be clever we lmld it better late than never the original of this production isiif the possesion of mr charles bruff.of brooklyn col 1 a alston a member of the georgia legislature was killed in atlan ta at the state treasurer's ollice on tuesday last by cap e s cox the quarrel originated about business matters capt cox had threatened alston and when the two met both drew pistols alston tiring three tinii s and cox twice alston was shot through the head and tlied soon alter â€” cox was shot in the mouth and arm but not seriously study to entertain many people seem to think that the capacity to entertain people ami to be entertained comes naturally ; tliat cer tain ones can make people happy be cause they are gifted ami have extra ordinary endowments whieh make it possible for them to delight people it never beenis to occur to them that in order to entertain people one must give thought to it ; that people are not made happy without effort â€” wisely directed effort our observation leads us to think that half at least of the good com panionship of the world comes from the good forethought of somebody s ebotly has planned it the hap py occurrence was not an accident ; it was tiie result of premeditation ml tin little and sweet social surprises of life ail the little dotnestic secrets be tween children and parents which in their unfolding brim the household witli gladness ; ail the larger and more stately social festivities that keep the life oi a neighborhood and village -*> i buoyant are only the natural sequence of benevolent and good-natured thought on the part of some one have you invited a little company to your house of an evening friend ? well then how do you jiropo.se to entertain them '.' do you think that sliced tonuge and cscaloped oysters will suffice these do well for tlie physical condition hut how shall you feed the intellects and cheer tho spir its of your guests ? music yes if â€¢ they can sing lint perhaps of the â€¢ dozen yon have invited not over one or two have voices sufficiently culti â€¢ j vated to sing in puhlic games ex ' i eel lent few of us that don't like to i 'â– . play games â€” checkers chess whist anything that's light sprightly aud entertaining have you any pictorial hooks in your library or abdtit the j house if so be sure to place them j on tl.e centre table we've known | a single volume furnish delightful en i lertaiiimeiit to a whole group for an hour have you a chinese top i : not purchase one it may cost von twenty cents and we'll warrant that the firsi evening after vou tret it il you be rightly constructed morrally you will want uo other entertainment than you will get out of spinning it yourself do you say pshaw ! lops are for boys ! ' all right ; why not be a hoy occasionally try it and see how you like it we dare say you have been a man so long you have for gotten all ahout being a boy how long is it since you slid down hill twenty years wc are ashamed of you ! get a sled and try it to-morrow night what a time you will have we wish we could he with you â€” golden hide magazine for january jeolian harp â€” this instrument which gives forth such sweet music should he placed in the window of every man's house its mutterings will do more to harmonize the soul than any other thing that can be de vised the teolian harp consists of a long narrow box of very thin deal ahout five or six inches deep with a circle in the middle of the upper side of one and a half inches in diameter iu which is to he drilled small holes on this side seven ten or more strings of very fine gut are stretched over bridges at each end like tin bridge ofa fiddle and screwed up or relaxed with screw-pins the strings must all he tuned to one and the same note and the instrument placed in s une current of air where the wind can pass over strings with freedom for instance a window of which the width is exactly equal to the length of the harp with the sash just raised to give the air admission is a proper sit uation ; when the air blows upon these strings with different degrees offeree it will excite different tones of sound scientific american race troubles tn alabama â€” montgomery march 17 â€” there was a disturbaee at helena yesterday growing out ofa difficulty between a white man and a negro it assumed such proprrtions that the governor ordered the birmingham rifles to the scene everything is now quiet and no further trouble is apprehended helena is the principal caal mining point in this state a jardaeiis for ten francs tlie other day an officer with mus taches who had just alighted fiom the diligence was walking through a public street in brussels following the commissionaire who had taken charge of his baggage to the inn when he passed by a broker's shop where an old picture was exposed to view on a chair it was the object of remark to several by-standers amongst whom was a painter of some celebrity in the city it is a bad copy said the painter it is a mere daub said another connoisseur ; and everv one found some additional defect in the painting which seemed to be despised by all the officer gave a cursory glance at the picture walked into the shop and demanded the price not less than ten francs said the broker here they are the picture was bonght placed witli the othcr*baggagc on tl.e truck of the commissionaire ami the traveler moved on the am ateurs who had found such fault with tiie performance surprised at seeing a traveler burden himself with an ob ject of suoh large dimensions and of so little value inquired of him ironic ally how much he expected to gain by liis b;irgain a mere trifle gen tlemen replied the officer ; perhaps 15,000 francs how do you mean yes i mean 15,000 francs my con noisseurs f.r this picture which you think so lightly of isa real jordeans and one of his very finest performan ces the painter and his companions struck by tlie coi fidence of his man ner retired with evident signs of vex ation .;; having missed such an oppor tunity the traveler was captain g , ofthe cuirassiers not only a distinguished officer but an excellent judge of paintings on the following day the merit ofthe picture was for mally acknowledge hy the best ama teurs ofthe capital as a chef â€¢!,â€¢:â– early varieties two crops mat be r.i\sii in one season ii i claimed l.y high it;*]i<>ri ty tliat it is not necessary m tur under the vines but after tbe crop of-rije peas is gathered the vines may be allowed to die and decay on the surface witli equal fid vantage as if plowed under thus avoiding the injury to the soil which results from ex posing it by plowing to tin heat i sum mer farmers are advised :â€¢> make exper iments aad report resalts during the past year 1,132 persons from one cause or another wen killed in the united states charlotte has a population of 7,107 distress in berlin probably in o city i europe is there so much financial and nd listjvss u day as m berlin the nj!]u.,ls vhk germany extracted from france after the war ami its becoming tbe *-_,Â«_â– _ capital would it was though yu-atlv benefit the city â– bat just the eentian baa happened things see fa w -^ gh years steadily to have grown from had to worse apart from the number of unemployed person there-emimated at 40,000-bundtedsand hundreds of men have been ruined by speculation and there is more or less suffering among all classes a ell educated citizen who be fore the war had incomes of tÂ»,cwo to 90,000 marks who fared sumptuouslv and were among the envied of society are now impoverished and compelled te arn a pittance by acting m ],...â– conv i>ts prie-a uf living have rapidly increased and berlin is new one of the moot expensive and least satisfactory of the old woi hi capitals thu is partly owing to the great increaseof population and the difficulty of getting bouses on anything like reasonable rates there are now it is reported more than l,(hju 000 souls in the city-an augmentation since l-71 of 900,000 and since 1861 of 550,000 on account of the enormous rents vast numbers have been driven to al.ide under ground fully one-tenth of the entire population or 100,000 wing crowded together in cellars in a way that is most hurtful to them physically and morally the condition of things judg ing from private letters is very pamfal and deteriorating ratlin than improving and distress is prevalent frenchmen who want their revenge should study the present social status of berlin new i ark times a toiisrh story -*. panl i r pr as george tarr an illinois detective was mopping at a st par hotel over night haying just overhauled iw desperate murderers tarr dreamed that one of his prisoners had escaped and that he was chasing the fugitive and awoke to tind that he had jumped through the window of his room taking the sash with him and had fallen toa projecting roof several f.et below realizing hi strange posi tion and dress tarr impulsively con cluded to climb np tin si